World War 2 By maaskat28 Jan 3, 1919 England, Italy, France, and the US met to talk about Germany Jan 6, 1922 The Washington Naval conference ends Apr 6, 1925 Facists take over Italy Sep 8, 1931 Japan invades Manchuria Jan 3, 1933 Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany Mar 4, 1933 FDR is the president of the US Oct 2, 1935 Facist Italy invades and conquers Ethiopia Jul 7, 1937 Japan Invades China initiating World War 2 on the specific Sep 5, 1939 World War 2 began Jun 21, 1940 Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 THe U.S. declares war on Japan May 30, 1945 the British bring the war to Germany Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders, ending world war 2